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My cat just fell out my window 30 feet to the ground.

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Originally posted by: PingSpike
Originally posted by: Tick
Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: Tick


Terminal velocity is an unbreakable barrier. Past a certain point, things cease to accelerate due to gravity. Actually, I'm kinda suprised that the cat didn't have a heart attack.
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Um, school time.

It is friction due to air resistance that creates terminal velocity. In the absence of air, an object will accelerate at 32 feet per second per second indefinitely. Terminal Velocity describes the velocity at which drag force from the air becomes equal to the force from the weight of an object, and thus the object no longer accelerates and consequently velocity remains constant.
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Yes, I know that. I was assuming we we're talking about an air filled enviroment, as a cat wouldn't survive in a vacuum, makeing that irrelivant to this discusion.
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I disagree.
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I was limiting the scope of the discusion to air filled enviroments around planets of sufficient gravity to hold onto the gasses, and I was further assuming the falling cat was below escape velocity.
 
Originally posted by: So
Originally posted by: PingSpike
Originally posted by: Tick
Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: Tick


Terminal velocity is an unbreakable barrier. Past a certain point, things cease to accelerate due to gravity. Actually, I'm kinda suprised that the cat didn't have a heart attack.
Click to expand...

Um, school time.

It is friction due to air resistance that creates terminal velocity. In the absence of air, an object will accelerate at 32 feet per second per second indefinitely. Terminal Velocity describes the velocity at which drag force from the air becomes equal to the force from the weight of an object, and thus the object no longer accelerates and consequently velocity remains constant.
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Yes, I know that. I was assuming we we're talking about an air filled enviroment, as a cat wouldn't survive in a vacuum, makeing that irrelivant to this discusion.
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I disagree.
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Exactly.

It's an space industry standard to dispose of obselete cats by de-orbiting them into the sun. Therefore, you need to realize that they WILL continue accelerating in a vacuum. Also, you need newtonian gravitation, not just the general a = 9.8m/s^2
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IN A VACUUM! And further, cat's are not moving anywhere near fast enough, nor are they large enough, nor are they far enough from the earth, to have any significant discrepancy between newtonian and generalized. However, if you really wanted to be exact, you would have to take into account the warping of space time due to the earths mass, etc.
 
Originally posted by: Tick
Originally posted by: PingSpike
Originally posted by: Tick
Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: Tick


Terminal velocity is an unbreakable barrier. Past a certain point, things cease to accelerate due to gravity. Actually, I'm kinda suprised that the cat didn't have a heart attack.
Click to expand...

Um, school time.

It is friction due to air resistance that creates terminal velocity. In the absence of air, an object will accelerate at 32 feet per second per second indefinitely. Terminal Velocity describes the velocity at which drag force from the air becomes equal to the force from the weight of an object, and thus the object no longer accelerates and consequently velocity remains constant.
Click to expand...


Yes, I know that. I was assuming we we're talking about an air filled enviroment, as a cat wouldn't survive in a vacuum, makeing that irrelivant to this discusion.
Click to expand...

I disagree.
Click to expand...


I was limiting the scope of the discusion to air filled enviroments around planets of sufficient gravity to hold onto the gasses, and I was further assuming the falling cat was below escape velocity.
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How foolhardy.
 
why do people putting up 5000x5000 resolution pics? Is it that hard to shrink it to something reasonably veiwable?

And furthremore, if you are going to post a 5000x5000 pic, at least make sure it's not blurry...jeez.
 
Originally posted by: HonkeyDonk
why do people putting up 5000x5000 resolution pics? Is it that hard to shrink it to something reasonably veiwable?

And furthremore, if you are going to post a 5000x5000 pic, at least make sure it's not blurry...jeez.
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i put up another one. i could've shrunk it, but why bother. stop ranting, go get a hug.
 
Originally posted by: HonkeyDonk
why do people putting up 5000x5000 resolution pics? Is it that hard to shrink it to something reasonably veiwable?

And furthremore, if you are going to post a 5000x5000 pic, at least make sure it's not blurry...jeez.
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But I need the big pictures to print it off and give to the homeless.

"Please help me, help my blurry pussy"
<insert blurry cat picture>
 
Originally posted by: MoPHo
Originally posted by: HonkeyDonk
why do people putting up 5000x5000 resolution pics? Is it that hard to shrink it to something reasonably veiwable?

And furthremore, if you are going to post a 5000x5000 pic, at least make sure it's not blurry...jeez.
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i put up another one. i could've shrunk it, but why bother. stop ranting, go get a hug.
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wait...there are still only 3 pics, right?
 
Originally posted by: So
Originally posted by: Tick
Originally posted by: PingSpike
Originally posted by: Tick
Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: Tick


Terminal velocity is an unbreakable barrier. Past a certain point, things cease to accelerate due to gravity. Actually, I'm kinda suprised that the cat didn't have a heart attack.
Click to expand...

Um, school time.

It is friction due to air resistance that creates terminal velocity. In the absence of air, an object will accelerate at 32 feet per second per second indefinitely. Terminal Velocity describes the velocity at which drag force from the air becomes equal to the force from the weight of an object, and thus the object no longer accelerates and consequently velocity remains constant.
Click to expand...


Yes, I know that. I was assuming we we're talking about an air filled enviroment, as a cat wouldn't survive in a vacuum, makeing that irrelivant to this discusion.
Click to expand...

I disagree.
Click to expand...


I was limiting the scope of the discusion to air filled enviroments around planets of sufficient gravity to hold onto the gasses, and I was further assuming the falling cat was below escape velocity.
Click to expand...

How foolhardy.
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I know, I'm sorry.
 
Originally posted by: azazyel
Am I the only one who thought of..."Today we're going to teach poodles how to fly"

And if you don't get where that is from...

"And not many people know this, but the turtle is also nature's suction cup"
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Badgers????!!!! Badgers???!!! Wee don't need no stinkiiingg badgers!!!!!!
 
Originally posted by: preslove
Originally posted by: azazyel
Am I the only one who thought of..."Today we're going to teach poodles how to fly"

And if you don't get where that is from...

"And not many people know this, but the turtle is also nature's suction cup"
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Badgers????!!!! Badgers???!!! Wee don't need no stinkiiingg badgers!!!!!!
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THANK YOU!!!

and So nice Mitch reference.
 
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